Drama teacher faces a jail sentence over sex with boy aged 16

Kelly Burgess, right, arriving at court in Weston-super-Mare for her hearingSWNS

A drama teacher is facing a jail sentence after having a relationship with a teenage pupil that was uncovered after the pair visited a sexual health clinic together.

Kelly Ann-Marie Burgess began an affair with one of her pupils when he was 16, but claimed that she did not know it was illegal as he had reached the age of consent.

The pair had a seven-month relationship, but were caught when the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told a nurse at a sexual health clinic of his relationship with “a 26-year-old teacher”.

Burgess initially denied the affair and claimed that she was simply “assisting” the boy by taking him to get “checked out” after he had had sexual contact with a girl…